Tomb Raider Anniversary Forum

So which one's your favorite?

i think that the best was the first one, because it was the first time ever (i think !) that a girl was the principal caracther. It was new and the gameplay was really good.  it was different and i think its that who made tomb raider so famous !

but for sure the last one is better because of the graphics and the outstanding gameplay that eidos give us. 

there is only one thing that i dislike in the last tomb raider is that the enigma are too easy to resolve.

In my opinion it's Anniversary that takes the cake. The gameplay captures perfectly the atmosphere of the first one and nothing compares to the light blur in Egypt, and the details of some rooms.

Nitro wrote:In my opinion it's Anniversary that takes the cake. The gameplay captures perfectly the atmosphere of the first one and nothing compares to the light blur in Egypt, and the details of some rooms.

I totally agree, when it comes to graphics, it sure is the best, also the gameplay got much improved (especially if you compare it with TR Legend). However, the control from the first episodes (especially TR3) was much more accurate and .. well, predictable. Also in first episodes it wasn't that easy to spot a way through a level just by looking after some white ledges

But still, overall TRA is the best in my opinion.

ALthough I said TR3 was my favorite, my favorite was TR3, The Lost Artifact as that was the first TR I played. After that I had to play tehm all....

I also love the third one ! My favourite thing is the mansion. I think that is the best mansion ever in Tomb Raider...

I remember my father give it at christmas for me and my brother... We were so happy  !!

i like legend...but anniversary has a better grafic..aso

my fisrst tr played game was tr3.....i was so happy 'cause it was cool....and i bagged my mom to buy it 4 me....i cryed...momyyyyyyyyy.....now i played them all....happy girl :D:DD:DD

(This is not an EASY question.) 

TR1 for Lara and for the most creative and believe-able Virtual Reality of its time! (A lot of other games were still BUSY with general combat games, lots of unreal monsters and LOTs of strange places. But the world of TR brought us almost a real-world that you could almost taste and FEEL, even with its music!)

TR2 technically PUSHED the game into a lot more exploration and abilities.

TR3 gave it another tech nudge, but it was like CORE was testing their market for more modern times and places for their tomb-raiding Lara?

But TR4, with its TRLE Editor, might be considered the real world-shaker, by FAR! (Because almost every country, in the world, contributed to these TR4 adventures from some very small single-level ones to vast mega-level "world class" games that even rivaled CORE's fine work.) 
   

All played on the PC... ('cept tr1 on the ps1)

TR1 was the best one because it was a real world shaker. 3d was still new technology, and at last someone had thought of a nice way to apply that technology. It was fantastic to play a rubics cube from the INSIDE!. If I think back at the enjoyment factor, it out-strips Anniversary. The complexity of the original SFF was just astounding for the day

Legend looks nice, but even with my PC today, the performance is below par, it's left me feeling like it is unfinished. I did NOT like the plot or game play of Legend at all.

Anniversary returns to the roots; but does it with style, smoothness, and enough changes to make it worthwhile wandering through the same places again. They drop some of the effects (like weather) and chill a little with the sharders to get back to beautiful textures simpler interaction. My PC runs it on max res and max detail and NEVER drops a frame. Crystal Dynamics should be commended for this better code and level design. I wonder if someone could put the Anniversary game engine into Legend?

I used to buy TR games as soon as they came out, but the last few were a dissapointment so I stopped, only just having bought TRA. Now I regret it, as TRA is one of the best in the series. Actually TRA is the best game of the series, if place fact to face with any of the others today.

SO: head-to-head TRA wins, but given the technology generation, TR wins by a wide margin. I also liked AOD but I'm not sure why - maybe the artwork.

The demo for the new Tomb Raider Underworld is about to be released, so you might change your opinion soon